Simpson Logging Co. v. Department of Labor & Industries

The department of labor and industries of the state of Washington allowed the claim of George Burtch for an award for an occupational disease by order dated April 10, 1946. The Simpson Logging Company, the employer of claimant, appealed from that order to the joint board upon two grounds: (a) that the claimant was not suffering from asthma (the disease claimed) and (b) that, in any event, asthma is not a compensable occupational disease under the workmen’s compensation act of Washington.

By an order dated January 3, 1947, the joint board of the department sustained the action of the supervisor…